Which choice begins with a gerund phrase and ends with a participle phrase?
A) I wept in bed for hours after a long, sad week.
B) I was broken after a long, sad week and could only weep in bed for hours.
C) Weeping for hours in bed is how I spent my day; it had been a long, sad week.
D) Weeping for hours in bed is how I spent my day, broken after a long, sad week.

Read the excerpt from henry wadsworth longfellow’s translation of an excerpt from dante’s inferno and answer the question. but inasmuch as never from this depth did any one return, if i hear true, without the fear of infamy i answer . . “the love song of j. alfred prufrock” begins with an excerpt from dante’s inferno. which two statements express how this source material contributes to the mood of the poem? click here to read the poem. the inferno excerpt introduces a mood of horror that eliot elaborates throughout the poem. the inferno excerpt introduces a mood of enthusiasm that eliot argues against throughout the poem. the inferno excerpt introduces a mood of boldness that eliot continues throughout the poem. the inferno excerpt introduces a mood of shame that eliot explores throughout the poem. the inferno excerpt introduces a mood of enlightenment that eliot mocks throughout the poem. next question ask for